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How do you meet the aesthetic requirements of your brief without compromising on fire safety?

Optima North; a division of Optima Contracting Ltd. is celebrating one year since its office opened in central Manchester.

A happy, healthy workforce is ultimately a more engaged and productive one, which can lead to increased business performance. There is now a business case for acoustics and wellbeing to be consideredin the workplace, and it’s a trend that is making headlines. It’s a core principal of the new WELL Building Standard, which has been created by US-based consultants Delos and is steadily gaining importance in the design of UK office buildings. Its aim is to ensure that a building will guarantee a healthy environment for the people who work there. How can glass partitions help to create an acoustically comfortable environment which will lead to more content, and ultimately more productive, employees?

Product innovation within the field of acoustic glass partitions is moving at a considerable pace. In such a rapidly changing industry it’s essential to keep up-to-date with any new development, whether it’s a technical advance or a change in regulations.

Optima worked with Bloomberg Philanthropies on a collaboration with the Royal College of Arts, where students designed a screen that could be used in the new Bloomberg HQ

Optima are proud to announce that we are the winners of a prestigious (Gold) FIS Award for our installations in the Bloomberg European HQ, London at this year’s FIS Contractors Awards.